WOMEN'S WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 283, 30 November 1925, Page 17

WOMEN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL JOTTINGS

Sir Charles R. Campbell and Lady Campbell arrived in Auckland by the Eemuera. Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Lippincott, Of Auckland, are visiting Christchurch. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Grierson are paying a visit to Christchurch. Mrs. T. L. Cowlishaw and her niece, Hiss Joan Lee, of Christchurch, were passengers by the Remuera. ' Mrs. C. Maudsley, of Wellington, is staying in Auckland. Mrs. Edwards, of Auckland, who is demonstrating pottery modelling at the Dunedin Exhibition, is staying with Lady Ferguson. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Beals, Auckland, are visiting Christchurch. '" Miss Ruth Herrick, of Napier, and Hiss Phyllis Nairn, of Hastings, are at the Grand Hotel. Mrs. Hatfield, 0.8. E., who has been spending six months in New Zealand, leaves by the Makura for Melbourne, and will spend a few weeks in Australia before returning to England. Mrs. Rollo Ramsay is at present spending a recuperative holiday as the guest of Mrs. A. S. Wilson, Hamurana (Eotorua.) Mrs. W. H. Parkes left Auckland by the Main Trunk on Sunday evening en route to Dunedin to attend the annual conference of the Plunket Society. Mrs. Graeme Taylor, of Cambridge, is the guest of Mrs. Abbot, Remuera. Mrs. Talbot and Miss Talbot are visiting Christchurch to renew old friendships, and later will pay a visit to Dunedin. Mrs. Richardson, wife of Surgeon Richardson, of H.M.s. Dunedin, has returned to Auckland. Mrs. Elliott McKinney is the guest of Mrs. Holmes McKinney, Muirburn, Warkworth. Miss Ruby Benney, wlio won first prize at a show for wild flowers at Morval, Cornwall, exhibited and named 280 varieties. The first Tibetan woman to visit London is Mrs. Ranchin Lamma King, wife of Mr. L. M. King, lately British Consul in the province of Kham, on the Chinese frontier of Tibet. Mrs. King is depicted in the London Press bejewelled in native costume. The annual meeting of the Auckland Ex-iserviee Women's Association took place at the Lyceum (Jlub, when the following officers were elected, the retiring president, Mrs. Ernest, being in the chair:—President, Mrs. Cadoux; vice-presidents, Mrs. Gisdell Moore, Mrs. L- P. Leary; treasurer, Miss G. V. Luxford; acting-secretary, Miss E. M. Ernest; committee, Mesdames Gould, Simeon and Deck, and Misses Macleod, Norrish, Gibbons and Pemberton. It was arranged that a Christmas party be held on December 8 on similar lines to last year, also that a re-union dinner be held in April.

An enjoyable evening was spent in the Otahuhu Methodist Memorial Hall on Thursday last, when Mies Jean Hunter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs- J. Hunter, of Church Street, Otahuhu, celebrated her 21st birthday. The hall wae beautifully decorated with streamers of red and white, which had a very pleasing effect. Mise Hunter -was the recipient of many beautiful presents. An enjoyable musical programme was provided, much to the enjoyment of the large number of guests present. In addition various games were indulged in by young and old. A bountiful supper was provided, during which various toasts were honoured. A happy evening terminated with the singing of "Auld Lang Syne." Miss Rose Georgina Klngsley, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Charles Kingsley, author of "Westward Ho," and many other well-known novels, died at Ramsgate, England, aged 80.She was born at Eversley, where Charles .Kingsley became vicar in 1884. Her sister was Mrs. St. Ledger Harrison, who wrote under the pen name of Lucas Malet. Miss Kingsley was a colourful figure in society in the late Victorian period, and besides possessing a keen mind, was considered very beautiful. For her wit she was famous throughout England. She published several works. Miss Preston-Stanley, M.L.A., New I South Wales, is interested in equal guardianship, maternal mortality, and mental defectives, on which she ia seeking to introduce measures in the Legislative Assembly. Miss Fraser (chairwoman of the Women's Rest Room Committee, Dunedin) broadcasted a speech on this room. In the course of her address Miss Fraser said: "All along the directors of the coming Exhibition had planned to make a quiet corner for tired women sightseers. . . . Many kindly gentlemen, among them Mr. Sutherland Ross and Mr. Tapley (the mayor), were interviewed by the women who had the project at heart. A public meeting was called, and a committee of about thirtvsix good Dunedin women was formed to raise the £1000 needed to buy, equip, and attend to the room. From thousands of women in Otago came the shillings and half-crowns needed The rooms are ours, the furniture is nearly all bought, two good attendants have been appointed to keep the rooms clean and bright, to give all kinds of information, to extend a welcome, especially to country friends, and, in short, to do all in their power for the comfort of the guests. The plumbing, lighting and other sundries are the gift of the directors. The telephone will be at the free disposal of any woman asking for it and using it reasonably. A medicine cupboard will be there with boracic for Johnny's bruises, a 'bandage for Tom's! skinned knees, iodine, toothache stuff for Mary's molars, aspro for mother's headache, and so on. There will also be a work basket with buttons to replace those that suddenly disappear, darning materials, and so on, so on. ... In ehort, we want to do everything possible to make -women's visits to'the Exhibition a pleasure, with no weariness, in it."

This year, for the first time, a woman student, Miss Suzannah Jane Ellis, 8.A., Llanfyllin, of Bangor Congregational College, has gained the B.D. degree of the University of Wales, taking the Old Testament in Hebrew and the New Testament in Greek, in the subsidiary grade, and Christian doctrine and history of the ' Church in the principal grade. Miss Ellis had previously gained _ the B.A. degree with second"class history. She has been appointed on the staff of the London Missionary College in Papua, New Guinea, where she will conimence duties next January. Another promising woman student who has been accepted as ministerial student by the Welsh Congregationalists is Miss Gwyneth Evans, 8.A., of Bangor University. Miss Evans has won the B.A. degree with second-class honours in English and history and this year gained her certificate in education with first-classes in theory of education and practical skill. WAIKATO NOTES. Mrs. R. H. Wood is on a visit to the Bay of Islands. Mrs. and Miss Harrowell have returned to Hamilton from a visit of some months to Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. MacDiarmid, of Hamilton, are visiting the Dunedin Exhibition. Miss M. Valder, of Hamilton, is spending a holiday with friends in Dunedin. Mrs. Whitehorn and Mies M. Whitehorn, formerly of Hamilton, are visiting Wanganui. Mrs. A. L. Tompkins has returned to Hamilton from a pleasant trip to Honolulu. Miss K. Stewart has left Hamilton on a visit to relatives at Whangarei. Mrs. Little, from Eltham, is staying in Cambridge with Mrs. Sutherland. Mrs. Douglas left Hamilton during the week on a visit to Napier. Mrs. G. Dickinson has returned to Cambridge from a trip to Australia. Mrs. Gorden, of Adelaide, is „ the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. Reynolds at Cambridge. Mrs. M. Hart, of Cambridge, is on a visit to relatives in JJunedin. The Misses Cracroft Wilson, of the King Country, are spending a holiday in Cbristchurch. Prior to her departure from Hamilton for England, Mrs. A. G. Whitehorn, late principal of Sonning School, was entertained at afternoon tea. Yen. Archdeacon Cowie, on behalf of the present girls, presented Mrs. Whitehorn with a handsome suitcase. The girls gave three hearty cheers, and Mrs. Whitehorn suitably replied. - On Thursday afternoon an enjoyable time was spent at Mrs. Meredith's home, Claudelands, when Mrs. H. A. Young was the guest of honour. Before the gathering dispersed Mrs. Young was presented with a travelling clock and an album, parting gifts from her friends. Those present were: Mesdames H. H. Young, A. N. Green, H. Greenslade, : H. Coombe3, F. Cooper, T. Burtenshawe,! F. Burley, D. Wilson, N. Gribble, L. Griffiths, R. Hazard, J. McKinnon, J. Pratt. F. Bullock, M. Williams, W. Houlden, J. B. Pomeroy, J. Petersen, H. Gaze, S. Arthur, A. Lonsdale, J. A. ; Young. j

A fancy dress party for Her pupils was given by Miss Marie Austin in her studio on Friday. . The - children gave * splendid exhibition of fancy dancing.

The grown-ups present were: Mesdamee | D. Meredith, Gilmour, Buckland, Clapham, A. N. Green, Davies, Spurdle, Jones, J. Prenton, A. Dennis, Marfcyn Williams, A. B. Collier, Zellman, Moore, Shepherd, Sheriff, Woods, McLachlan, Misses E. Langmuir, E. Scherer, D. Clapham, I. Collier, M. Scherer, «. Hill, R. Brown, I. Hill. WOMEN'S EXHIBITS. DUNEDIN EXHIBITION. Wliatever may be the state of the Auckland Court" at the Dunedin Exhibition, the women of the city and province have at least appreciated the value of publicity to this end of the Dominion, and their exhibit is being praised for its fine work. News has been received by Mrs. Nellie E. Ferner, chairman of the Auckland Provincial Women's Committee that Lady Ferguson is very pleased with the efforts put forth by the committee. Lady Ferguson made a special visit to Auckland to speak to the member's of the women's organisations on this matter, and has sent a message to say how pleased she is with the response that they have made. One of the most striking exhibits forwarded is in the handicraft of pottery which Mrs. J. Brown is demonstrating, j A special corner has been set aside for j her potter's wheel, and there she is show-1 ing what can be done with New Zealand j clays for chinaware and decorative pottery, of which she has a fine exhibit in rich and varied colouring. Mrs. Edwards went to England specially to study the ceramic art. Miss Haynes, whose fine j work is well known to Aueklanders, has' an exhibit of hand painted china which J is attracting much attention. A letter received says it is the talk of the. women's section. Miss Elsie Reeves sent j a display of hand wrought jewellery,! which a Dunedin critic says is as good j as that sent out from England for the arts and craft section. Hand weaving is another craft that is being practised in Auckland, and Mrs. Carting's beautiful scarves, shawls and draperies in silk shot effects are outstanding. Mrs. Finn has an exhibit of photographs that are being admired, and Mrs. A. J. Brown an exhibit of designs for the decorative : covers of catalogues and trade circulars,! as well as a series of designs for colour schemes for rooms. Mrs. Roy Culpan has some beautiful needlework and basketwork, while a great number of I cushions and varied kinds of needlework j are also included. Mrs. Vesey has some) fine designs for dados for a child's nur-! scry. \ A lady in Gisborne forwarded a fine I beaten brass table and two tall ball i candlesticks to join with the Auckland! women's effort, and Miss Cousins has i another exhibit of beaten copper. ■ Amongst the most interesting thingir exhibited are patents by women, one of a wool winder, and another of a new; form of bed sheeting, double in the centre, invented by an Auckland woman, who sold the patent to the great • firm of Findlays, the calico manufac- \ turers-of-England. Mrs. Spicer, of Remuera, has an exhibit, of post cardg with New Zealand subjects upon them and three baa relief of Maori heads, in

plaster, are sent by the girls of the Kowhai High School, who are under the art tuition of Miss Copeland. The whole effort is very creditable to the women of the Auckland province.